Cleaning device.



G. B. HAKINS.

CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED IBB. 25, 1907.

938,421. Patented oct. 2, 1909 /EYNESSES dy/@lmvmoa /f /y f ATTORNE GEORGE B. HAKINscF Nonvvcon, NEW Yoan.

Applicationiled February 25, 1907. Serial N o. 359,061.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. HAKINs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Norwood, in the county of' St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Cleaning Device, of

/ which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of cleaning devlces in which an elastic rubbingpad is attached to a suitable inelastic handle for convenient use, and its object is to provide in a convenient forman effective and economical cleaning device that will carry in its pores a cleansing or abrasive medium without undue wear in use of its bearingsurfaces and which can itself be easily and effectively cleansed from such medium or other foreign matter when so desired. These objects Iv attain by the device. illustrated in,

the accompanying drawings, in whichlFigure 1, is a side view in perspectivey of one form of said device. Fig. 2, is a perspective View, from below, of the handle of said device before the rubbing-pad is placed and fastened therein; Fig. 3, is a like view of the rubbing-pad separate from the said handle, and Flg. 4, is a sectional end view of iaid complete device on the lineay, in

imilar letters refer to similan parts throughout the several views; wherein- A represents the handle of said device which is preferably made of aluminum because of its light weight and freedom from corrosion by ordinary fluids in which it is adapted to be used. B, represents the rubbing-pad preferably made of commercial s onge-rubber shaped in'the formshown, a a, represent two jaws formed on the front end of, and inte al with said handle A; upon the inner sigel of which ,jaws `are formed the teeth a, beveled from the under .side as shownin Fig. 4, for the ur ose-of r P l allowing the vunder part of sai rubbingpad to expand closer in proximity to the handle than does the upper part thereof. This form of my said invention is made by placing the said rubbing-pad between ythe open jaws a, a', of said handle, and while in such position, forcin said jaws toward each other thereby tight y and permanently clasping said rubbing-pad in position therebetween; then trimming the said rubbingpad, so held, into any esired shape by the use of ordina shears -or other sultable means. Jaws a', are each at their outer Specification lof Letters Patent.

It is obvious that my-said linvention is adaptable to a numberof different uses, such l after it is impressed 'upon such pad. The

CLEANING'DEVICE.

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i free end curved inwardly toward one another so as to provide' end teeth which lie in advance of the remainder of the teeth a. These end teeth engage in the pad to the rear of its front end.- As the space between the jaws at the rear of the latter iswedge or V-shaped the pad will be firmly and securely gripped when the front .ends of the jaw are closed in upon the pad. Thus it will be observed that the pad projects above and below the top and bottom facesof the jaws and to ,the front of the front ends thereof.

In the form herein shown,ymy said inventionis best adapted to the use of cleansing the human teeth in the customary manner, and one feature of its noveltyconsists in its freedom from uncleansable, dirt retaining, apertures, slots,l drill-holes, joints, fibrous material or bristles; as the exposed pores of my rubbing-pad can be easily and quickly freed from all foreign substances by squeezing it in water or other customary cleansing fluid.

as nail polishers, bath brushes, polishing mandrels, &c. too numerous to be conveniently illustrated and described in this aplication, by securing a suitably shaped rubing-pad of commercial sponge rubber or similar porous, elastic absorbent, non-fibrous material within the integral -jaws of a holder y solely by the inherent rigidity of such jaw shape of such rubbing-pad and holder best adapted to each purpose being apparent to any mechanic skilled in the respective arts, itisthought to be unnecessary to further separately describe and illus-trate them and I therefore do notwish to confine myself to the specific form of my invention illustrated by the drawings herein, but wish to cover all such changes or modification thereof as fairly fallwithin thescope of my invention.. I am aware that sponge rubber has been heretofore used for the purposes of scrubbing both in detached formand attached to elastic handles, and I therefore do not claim such forms of cleaning device as my invention, but' What I do claim and wish to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A tooth brush composed of a handle,

said handle at its forward end bein bifur- 110 the inner -faces of each of said jaws said teeth of each series being beveled so as to leave less space between the upper sides of the two jaws than between the under sides 5 thereof, and a rubbing pad clamped between said jaws.

2. A tooth brush composed of a flat piece of metal late having 1ts front end bifur- A cated to orm a p air of jaws, teeth-or cor- 10 rugatlons on the lnner faces of said jaws,

and a rubbing pad-between said jaws, said jaws at their free endsbeing forced toward one another to clamp said pad therebetween.

In testimony whereof I have-signed my name to this specification in the presence of 15 two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE B. HAKINS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH Y. CHAPIN, FREDERICK S. MoGANNoN. 

